Vehicle-thill.



P. E. EBRENZ.

VEHICLE THILL.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAR.18,1909.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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VEHICLE -THILL.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PHILIP E. EBRENZ, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, rcsiding in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-T hills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accomanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicle thills and has for its object to render the heels and coupling members of such thills of greater strength and durability.

Figure I is a view partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section of one of the heels of my thill. Fig. II is a rear elevation ofthe shaft heel shown in Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged view partly in rear elevation and partly in section of the coupling end of the thill heel shown attached to the coupling member that mates therewith. Fig. IV is an enlarged cross section taken on the line .IV-IV Fig. II. Fig. V is an enlarged vertical section through the coupling end of the heel.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the wooden heel of a vehicle thill which is shaped similar to the usual manner of shaping said heels.

2 designates a lower reinforcing and coupling iron that extends throughout the length of the heel l and beneath the lower end of the heel, as illustrated in Figs. I and V. This reinforcing and coupling iron is provided at its lower end with a coupling eye 3 containing a bolt hole 4.

5 designates an upper or outer reinforcing coupling iron that extends longitudinally of the heel and is curved both longitudinally and transversely to fit the contour of the heel. The reinforcing and coupling iron 5 is provided at its lower end with side wings 6 which extend forwardly at the sides of the heel and carry at their extremities eyes 7 provided with bolt holes 8 that are adapted to register with the bolt hole 4 in the eye of the lower or forward reinforcing and coupling iron 2.

The wings 6 of the coupling iron 5 which straddle the lower end of the thill heel and the eye 3 of the coupling iron 2 are spaced apart from each other and from said members, as seen in Figs. II, III, and IV, thereby Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18, 1909.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 484,155.

providing spaces for the reception of the ears 9 projecting from the thill coupling member l() attached to and carried by the axle, or other fixed part of the vehicle, and for which no invention per se is herein claimed. The coupling eye 3 of the reinforcing iron 2 occupies a position between the ears 9, and the coupling eyes 3 and 7 are all united by a coupling bolt 9 that extends through the bolt holes in said eyes and through said ears, as seen in Fig. III.

The reinforcing and coupling irons 2 and 5 are hrmly connected to each other and to the thill heel by a plurality of bolts 11 that extend through these parts, as seen in Figs. I and II, and serve to bind them firmly together.

l2 designates a stay or resistance rod that extends from a point near the upper end of the heel 1 to a point near the lower end of said heel and is secured at its ends by attachment to the upper and lowermost bolts 11.

As will be readily appreciated, the two reinforcing irons 2 and 5 located respectively at the front and rear of the thill heel afford a very efficient reinforcement for said heel to resist injury thereto under strain imposed upon the heel in either a forward or rearward direction.

By providing each reinforcing bar with a coupling appliance for attachment to the fixed coupling member 10, one of the irons having a coupling eye to fit between the ears of the coupling member and the other having a pair of eyes that straddle said ears, I furnish an extremely strong connection between the thill heel and the coupling member 10 which affords a marked degree of security in the thill coupling as compared with the ordinary thill coupling appliances in which but a single coupling member is carried by the thill heel.

I claim 1. The combination with the heel of a vehicle thill, of a pair of reinforcing irons extending longitudinally of said heel, and fitted to the front and rear faces of the heel, and each of which is provided with a coupling eye adapted to be connected to a companion coupling member.

2. The combination with the heel of a vehicle thill, of irons extending longitudinally of said heel, one of said irons being provided with a coupling eye, and the other of said eyes straddling the eye of the irst mentioned of said heel, said forward iron being provided iron. With a single coupling eye, and said rear iron 15 3. The combination With the heel of' a vebeing provided with a pair of side Wings llicle thill, of a pair of reinforcing irons eX- straddling said heel and having coupling eyes tending longitudinally of' said heel, one of streddling the Coupling eye of the forward seid irons being provided With a coupling iron.

irons being provided With e pair of Coupling rear reinforcing iron extending longitudinally eye, and the other iron being provided With PHILIP E EER-ENZ side Wings having coupling eyes straddling the coupling eye of tlie rst named iron, In the presence @f 4. The combination with the heel of a ve- WM. H. SCOTT,

liicle thill, of a forward reinforcing iron and a EDW. M. HARRINGTON. 

